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Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large "Tarazan" Too Rough I CANADA HE HAS PAID HIS BILLS. ]l was tlio ulcl milU-r of llu' Hco Ulio tjpoke lliose faini)U8 womH. "I owe no pcnuy I cannot pay, 1 thunk thf Ulver Uee, which turns the â- wheels to grind ihe corn, to teed my babes and me." Approaching another year we feel <iuite lihe samo about It M, the miller of the Doe. We have been able to meet all our bills and to protect our credit, and for all this we are grateful to you and you and you. We would like you to know that wo are approclallve and •wo hojH) we can return the compll- inent to you and yours when the op- portunity arises. â€" Trenton Courier- Advocate. long lis the foedlug bottle comes al- ong ou tlnia. Uul uIonK alwut 1945 wo can lm«xlne the beginnings ot revolt. We can best Illustrate what we mean by paraphrasing a popular rhyme: .Mother may I go In to Kwim? No, my darling daughter, Consult the t>oard of management, And doa't go near the water. â€"Ottawa Citizen. A GERMAN BULLET, A Canajllan olDcer carried a Ger- man bullet In his pocket for two yoar.s. It had been flreil at him by an enemy sniper when he put his head over the parapet on his first tour In the trenches. The sniper missed by an inch or two, the bullet plowing through the sand bags and falling into the trcncii. The olllcer picked It up while It Wius still hot and venerated It as his lucky charm. He. was never without It for the next two years. Then he lost it; lost it Just before the opening of the battle of Amlons In 1918. He "kissed himself good- bye." Hut notthing happencil to liini. Ho went through all the big battles of 1918 in which the Canadians wore engaged, and lie is still alive. He is living (luiutly In Kdmonton and sometimes wonders why he ever felt as he did about that Cicrman bullet. â€"Edmonton Journal. THE MOVIES The Ontario Council of Women re- cently suggested to tjhe government establishing theatres in all cities ot 10,000 or more for the showing of children's moTing pictures. The gov. erument Is hardly likely to act upon the suggestion, but It is an Idea. As has been often argued, one reason for exasperation among the movie-going public Is that present-day picture shows are Intended for adults and minors alike. Adults have to sit Uirouffh pictures censored for 13-year- old consumption, and the juveniles havo to sit through pictures intended for adults.â€" Winnipeg Tribune. SOMETHING NEW The niidress Jlr. lionnolit deliver- ed to a nation-wide audience on Wed. nesday niftht was someliiing new in political discussion. A vast Improve- meijt. Kiectioneering speeches in this country â€" and we assume Mr. Bennett's talk to be thatâ€" have not always been on a high plane. More often than not they have taken the form of self glorification, of exagger- ated claims and tiyperbolo, coupled â- with vituperation against opponents and counter policies. Ot all auch things, of the ftistian which is put forward as an argument ot the old pitiful cliches and catchwords, the Trime Minister's address was splen- didly free. He did not attempt to tell that, owing to his genius and omnipotence, the country's problems had all been solved, and that, t<!iere- Ifore, we should return him to ofllco as a mere matter of common seuso and sheer gratitude. On the contrary, Mr. Bennett confos.sed that, despite his best efforts, things were still bad; that they would continue to bo bad; that new efforts would be necessary to cope with tJiom. It was a new note, and refreshing. A note more honest, more stimulating and con- Tlnring.- Ottawa Journal. STREAMLINING 70 YEARS OLD And now It turns out that this streamlining of which we hear so much about in this speed-mad era is almost 70 years old. It has been dis- covered that Uev. Samuel R. Cal- t/hrop, a clergyman of Roxbury, .Mass., filed designs in the patent of- fice at Boston C9 years ago, and these, still on file, bear a remarkabio resemblance to the new "Zephyr." Now, after nearly '70 years. Dr. Calthrop's dream has been translat. f'A into fact; proof that there is very little new under the sun.â€" St. Thomas Times-Journal. Lupe Velez, fiery Mexican screen actress, has filed suit for di- vorce from Johnny WeissmuUer, charing cruelty. Toronto Humane Soc. Busy Year RESPONDS TO 20,346 CALLS, RE- PORT REVEALS Toronto. -Some idea of the vast amount of work accomplished by the Toronto Humane Society during the past year Is instanced by the an- nual report which details the many duties of tJie Inspectors. In "'• 20,- 340 calls were responded to, ot wiilch 6 248 were of an emergency nature. ' Morses: Examined 4,877; humane- ly destroyed, 93; sent to hospital or stable. 176; and brought to shelter, 78. Dogs: Brought to shelter, 9,789; diseased and Injured, destroyed, 6,- 073; placed In homes, 763; claimed by owners, 1,002; sent to veterinary hospital, 63, and observation cases for city, 248. Cats: Brought to shelter, 18,153; humanely destroyed, 17,171, and placed In homes, 449. Cattle, sheep and swine examin- ed, 35,510; performing animals and birds examined, 185; other animals and birds examined. 2,850, and poul- try examined, 37,504. Summonses issued, 79; number of convictions, 62; complaints investi- gated, 2,659, and warnings issued, 1,- 789. Criticisms of The Victoria Centenary Pioneer Descendants Not Suf- ficiently Honored Tlie aftermath of centenary cele- brations in Au.stralia brings oat some criticism on the part of thosa who thought pioneer descendant! not .sufficiently honored. The wo- man's editor of the Melbourne Argui replies: "To try to discover the descend- ants of the pioneers in order to hon- or them would have been a colossal task, for there are many of them, and their claims would have to be examined. "An effort might have been, made, I think, to gather together on thia occasion the sons and daughters of people who arrived in the first (luar- ter of a century of our history, for there would not be many of them. But the idea does seeem to have oc- cured to anyone, although the re- cords are probably available in the sheets of remembrance sent in to the Women's Centenarj' Council. "It is difficult to think what more could have been done in the way of entertainments to make this centen- occasion one for rejoicing and "THEY" ARE ANSWERED In the Stratford Beacon-Herald n womian signs her name and address to a letter whl<^i roads as iollows: "I would very much like space in your paper to ask neighbors of mine to please stop scandal about one of my boys, age ten, and also of my husband who is said to lash the boys with a horse whip. This is absolute- ly untrue and so is the story whioh is boing told about a church basket which was never sent. Those who are Interested will know well enough what I mean." One can Imagine tho story behind suoh a letter, the paln/ful circum. stances that induced a woman to sub- mit herself to unpleasant publicity tor the sake once for all of bringing gossip out into the open. Not all victims ot what "they say'' havo the courage of this woman. More often they suffer in silent bitterness, but they suffer none the less. Charity ought to go deeper than Christunas baskets. It should cover words us well as ioods. Simple kind- ness is one of the greatest ot the virtues, and' If we are kind we do not peddle gossip about our neigh- bors or speak harshly of them even It we dislike or distrust them.~Ot. tawa Journal. CUPID AND TEACHERS It may interest rural lady teachers to know that chances ot marriage are greatly in their favor. It is estlmaU ed that a young lady teaches less than six years before being stung by Cupid's dart. The supposition is that the bripiit young farmer is looking for an intellectual wife. But In tho city thfere are so many teachers and so few marrying men who want in- tellectuals as life companions, that Iho matrimonial opportunities ot the school ma'ams are correspondingly lessened.â€" PeLrola AdvertiserToixic. PROGRESS OR HABIT? Visitor â€" "Your son is making good progress with his violin. lie Is bo- ginning to play (i"'te nice tunes." Hostâ€" "Do you really think so? We were afraid that we'd merely got used to it." â€" Border Cities Star. THE WAY TO PEACE Tho peopio of the world know now, having been pretty well taught by the events of the past tew years and especially by Jlie lessons of 1934, that there are only two choices be- fore Lhem: the keeping of peace by •ollectlve action or the acceptance of the old idea of war as the ultim- ate and Inevitable expression of pol- icy. There is an undeniable move- ment everywhere towards a return to the Idoals of the League. Of this there are many signs.â€" Winnipeg Free Press. DIONNE QUINTS In addition to a set of ofllclal guardians, tho Dionne (iiuntuplets have now a "board of management" to govern their interests. While Itoy aro Infants, the famous five will probably not be much Interested In who safeguards their welfare, ao MOSTLY GOOD. llut iu a world that is concerned, ot necessity^ with want, suffering, threats of war, depravity, murder and banditry. It Is comforting to re- call tJiat, after all, "People â€" most people â€" are good." Hamilton Hei^ aid. MARRIED THE PRETTIEST GIRL Women students in a Kentucky University expressed preference for husbands who aro big and broad shouldered, and dark-haired fellows were preferred to blondes. That's funny, for we remember back home that a fellow who was short, out of line at the knees and with a nose like a dome fastenerâ€" well he up and married the prettiest girl on the con- cession. â€" Stratford Beaconi-Herald. nience and misdirection of letters, as any postman who has these col- onies on his rounds can testWy. ALERT CHINESE MANUFACTURERS Morofiuuts and traders in tlie East hn.ve long since recalled that the Chinese manufacturer is turning out a class of goods that stands compa- ri.^on with some ot those turned out by Kuropeau arms, but it was not till a few years ago that there was such a big demand tor some ot the leading Chinese manufactures. Rub- ber shoes turned out by a local fac- tory are now being exported to Eur- ope and America^ and It would be no exaggeration to say that ti!iese shoes are in every way up to the standard of "Western Shoes." This company ha.s its head offlce In the Colony, and it is run on the lines ot a modern and up-to-date factory, everything being carried out with clockwork precision. Cotton and silk socks, rat- tan ware and dry batteries also form a large part of the export trade, and as the manufacturers depend largely on exports for pushing their trade, ii!iey struck upon the happy idea of a trade exhibition, and no sooner was the first one over than plans tor the second, and a more elaborate one, were prepared and discussed. â€" Hong Kong Press. Canada's Progress Praised By Paper London. â€" The Financial Times recently devoted a column and :i half to the annual meeting and statement of the Bank of Montreal and in an editorial drew attention to the Do- minion's progress, which, it pointed out, is being achieved without any resort to experimental panaceas either industrial or economic. Lower Wheat Yield Forecjwt For 1935 THE EMPIRE AIR FORCE NEEDS Today we need at least 20,000 aero- planes. Built in series these would not cost more than £2,ri00 each, or a total outlay of £50,000,000. Last year wo were fourUi in air strength. Today wo are elghtli. Last year wo had 420 flrst-line machines. Today we still have considerably fewer Olian 500^ while Germany alone can produce 1,000 a week. Last year wo were on the "edge ot the risk." To. day we are over the edge. â€" London Dally Mall. Won't Predict 1935 Weather ary pleasure. I should have liked more music in the streets on the opening day; I should even have been glad to hear people singing; and I should have liked to see the crowds on foot managed a little better to avoid con- gestion at special points, for it is a nerve-racking business to be caught in a dense crowd. The people did not seem liglit-hearted." METEOROLOGICAL BUR SAYS 24 HOURS IS ENOUGH E A U INFLUENCE OF SLIPPERS These Chinese wore a wise peopio. 'Kioy put themselves into slippers and slowed down the tompo ot their world, for who can be hasty in act and speech when ho is in slippers? To run then is hard, and comfort Is an enemy of anger. Hut tJie Chinese havo become westernized now and the slipper Is going with their teach- ing ot ethics. The smart oxford and technical education are replacing them, and we hope we In the west win not live to regret It.â€" Hamilton Spectator. IN BELFAST, TOO. There will bo a good deal of sym- pathy with a complaint made at the City Council yesterday by Council- lor Clarke Scott as to tho confus- ion caused by the similarity of the names of new streets In Belfast. Fa- shions change even in street names, as a comparison of a present-day di- rectory with one ot, say, lltty years ago will show. The old directories abound In alleys, courts, places, lanes and entries In the street nomencla- ture. Today we have In their place parks, drives, parados, crescents, gardens and* avenue. Tho tendency of tho moment is to group streets with the same prefix, calling one a park, another a crescent, another a drive, and so on. In actual practice this l8 causing considerable Inconvo- Toronto. â€" Weather during 1935 may be hot, cold or Indifferent^ but tho chief weatherman â€" the meteor- ological bureau here â€" will make no predlcUons. What the future holds in the way of weather is as much a mystery to the bureau as to the average citizen, John Patterson, director of the bur- eau stated. Accurate forecases can be made 24 hours in advance, he said, but 4S-hour prognostications cannot always he relied upon. The forecasts of old-timers, who delight in calling the wentdier at the various seasons, basing their predic- tions on the thjickness of bark on trees, thickness of hair on animals, and other ot nature's protections for the periods, are viewed with Inter- est by the scientific branch. But the bureau, who tolls the change In wea- ther throughout Canada, make no attempt to deny or confirm the pre- dictions. 11 Washington. â€" A winter wheat yield of 475,000,000 bushels in 1935 â€" 157,061,000 below the crop in normal yearsâ€" was forecast by the United States Department of .A.gri culture. The comparatively low produc- tion was predicted despite an in- creased area of 44,306,000 acres planted to winter wheat this year, Lighter planting of spring wheat was al.so foreca.st by the Crop Re porting Board, due to "a tendency to expand winter wheat acreage" in the area in which both winter and spring wheat are planted. Condition of the crop on Dec. 1 was estimated at 77.8 per cent, of normal compared with 74.3 per cent, on the same date last year, and the 10-year average of 82.4 per cent. Drought which scourged the wheat area this year, was held responsible for the poor showing of the crop. Because of the outlook the board predicted that abandonment of acre- age already seeded will be about 18 per cent. This is not as high as the 1934 abandonment of 21.3 per cent., but is considerably above the 10- year average of 12.2 per cent. The acreage planted this fall slightly exceeds that expected by the Farm Administration under its 10 per cent, reduction program for 1935, George A. Farrell, chief of the wheat section, said. Expecta- tions were that the acreage would be held to 43,000,000 acres by the signers of voluntary contracts. However, Farrell explained, be- cause of the heavy abandonment and low yields in prospect, the Ad- ministration's hopes will probably be fulfilled. Wanted: A Clergyman London Times Advertisement. Patron of vacant living in East Tnglia invites recommendations. Net value about £530 large rectory and grounds. Primary qualification, capacity to be guidj, philosopher, and friend to agricultural people, for which in this case gentle birth essential. Open mind towards Bishop Barnes, birth contml, and psychic research secondary but helpful. Veteran School Teacher Dies In Manitoba Margaret Sydney Christie, veteran school teacher of Manitoba and Winnipeg, died here at the age of 61 years following a lengthy illness. Miss Chi-istie had a long school record throughout the province. She came before the turn of the century and attended the Winnipeg Normal school under Principal Dr. ,W. A. Mclntyre. Her first teaching posi- tions were held at Carman, Oak Lake and Mountain Side school, near De- loraine. In April, 1£>06, Miss Chris- tie joined the Winnipeg public school teaching staff and continued in her position actively until June, 1926, when .she retired with a long service allowance. Air Weather Post Planned In Britain London â€" A "National Aviation Meteorological Station" with pro- grams to consist only of weather reports, weather forecasts and warn- ings for airmen, is to be erected by the Marconi Company on behalf of the Air Minstry at Cranwell, Lin- colnshire. This new station, operated by the Air Ministry, will transmit meteoro- logical bulletins at regular intervals throughout the day for the infor- mation of aircraft and airdromes. It will have several times the power of the present Heston station which transmits aviation vseather reports. Aviation To Play Big Part In B.W.I Port of Spain. Trindad â€" -A fore- cast that aviation is destined a play a great part in bringing the West Indian islands into closer contact with each other was made recently by Colonial Secretary Sir Selwyn Crier as he returned home after a 4,500 mile aerial holiday jaunt. Sir Selwyn declared that he ant Lady drier were "definitely air- minded" as the result of their trip â€" the first since he arrived here to be- come the island's Colonial Secretary With Lady Grier, Sir Selwyi visited Janaica, the Bahamas Miami and other points. Passengers to tne number of 83 100 were carried on British conmier oial aircraft last year. DAVID COPPERFIELD Weekly Serial â€" Part 3 Based on the Novel by CHARLES DICKENS In the Spring, Mrs. Micawbcr's rolatives pay their debts and release them from priaen. But they ttre lenvinir for Plymouth to live with Mrs. Micawber's family. David is heartbroken until Mr. Micawlxsr suggests that he ro to his "can- tankerous" Aunt Betsey Trotwood in Dover. The Micawbcrs' coach leaves amid loud farewells and Pavid starts liis journey. At tho very outset, ho is robbed of his money and luggatce box by a street loafer. lie continues alonK tho road to Dover on foot and encounters many dangers. He is nearly drowned in a violent thunderstorm, and then a Tinker Tramper beats him, stealing his one remaining morsel of food. But Anally, he spies the Hover cliffs. Aunt Betsey welcomes him with open motherly arms and her lodger, the jolly Mr. Uick, becomes his friend and playmate. But one day Aunt Betsey receives R letter saying the Murdstonos arc com- ing to take David away. Aunt Betsey .sees them riding their donkeys over her precious, we)l-kept green and she runs out to drive them away. A little later Aunt Betsey opens her door to them as if nothing had happened. The Murdstones de- clare David to be the worst boy in the world and say they will have no mercy on him. Aunt Betsey orders them from the houso. David is safe from the Murdstones - but another adventure awaits him. Be sure to w.iicii iiiit we.'k s In.stallmeut ol 'â- Maviil CoDDertiehl " mm*